Autumn budget 2024

Budget: Our expectations must be realistic and long-term

Our asks are moderate, but the chancellor can't delay action for the sector long if government is going to...

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David Hughes
Policy

Seven years after #MeToo: why the worker protection act is vital for FE

New legislation has come into force that puts colleges under more pressure than ever to protect staff and students...

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Sunita Gordon
Autumn budget 2024

What our learners need from the autumn budget

Touring England’s colleges at the start of term has revealed a number of challenges holding its learners back and...

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Qasim Hussain
The Staffroom - opinion

The Staffroom: How to make every month Black History Month

Award-winning EDI specialist, Ellisha Soanes sets out how to start building on this month’s focus to create a rich...

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Ellisha Soanes
Skills England

Welcome to Skills England, our new puppeteer

Have we just gone from Cincerella sector to... Pinocchio sector?

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Josh Spears
Skills England

How Skills England can avoid the political scrapheap

To avoid the (i)fate of its predecessors, Skills England needs independence, a wide remit and clear powers to make...

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Stephen Evans
The Uncivil Servant

The budget could bake in government inefficiency, unless…

The chancellor’s plan to cut spending review periods down to two years is a recipe for poor decision-making. Just...

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Andrew Otty
Skills England

Is Skills England looking through the policy lens backwards?

The new sector body is set to become another noble endeavour to simplify the unsimplifiable while leaving the real...

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Mark Dawe
14-16

The ‘opportunity mission’ is alive in Hull – and should be nationally

Amid the crises facing secondary education, FE has an opportunity to craft a purposeful, skills-based education for all who...

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Ben Lydon